Another lottery thread: Have you won?

[Brettus]

Just wondering, its an £80m special tomorrow on the euromillions so looked at playing again and the usual thoughts go through your head. Of course it's a mugs game, the house always wins but someone somewhere gets a bone every now and again so what's your biggest win?

I found an old thread with this but didn't want to zombie a thread from 2005, it might smell a bit.

[Luckypants]

Once won £89 to be divided amongst 12 in a syndicate..... :-?

[dkid]

I play by direct debit for convenience. It's great accept for the fact that if/when you win something you get an email telling you "you have won". No amount is mentioned and you have to go online and log into your lotto account to see how much you've won.
You know deep down its gonna be a tenner but during those couple of minutes between getting the email and actually finding out you can't help but get your hopes up a tiny bit that you may have scooped the jackpot.

Not happened yet though. £10 still my biggest win to date :(

[Brettus]

You know deep down its gonna be a tenner but during those couple of minutes between getting the email and actually finding out you can't help but get your hopes up a tiny bit that you may have scooped the jackpot.

Not happened yet though. £10 still my biggest win to date :(

exactly the same here :) those moments of hope are surprisingly fun. you still feel like you've come out ahead. I guess if it said "only joking" when you logged in then you'd feel worse than when you started ;)

[Littlepeahead]

We won £2000 on our 5 person syndicate. I got the call about the win the day after Reeder died. So I sent a chunk of my winnings to Reeder's parents to be donated to the Air Ambulance who attended the scene of his accident. I got a really nice letter back from the Air Ambulance people a few months later saying how upset they were that day but that the money I sent would be put to good use.

[Scoobs]

Won 80k on a 10 person syndicate, so i got 8 grand. Spent it on "housey" bits then got divorced. D'oh!

[NTECUK]

What about good old premium bonds.To Old Fasioned I guess

[Owenski]

Never won more than the lowest win.

[Tomor]

I though it was Tuesday once, but it was actually Wednesday. Lady said I could have a ticket for that evenings lotto. Thought to hell with it and got one. Went back to check the next day and had won £40 :) biggest win and have spent more than that!

[SuzukiNess]

Bought 3 of the same £1 scratch cards in NI years ago.. £200 on the first one, £20 on the second, £0 on the third... and bar a few quid here and there on the lottery/euro that about sums up my winnings :)

[BanannaMan]

Never won more than the lowest win.





+1
Scarce minimal wins. :rolleyes:

[tigersaw]

What about good old premium bonds.To Old Fasioned I guess
I 'win' on the premium bonds several times a year

[Specialone]

We've had loads of £10 wins over the years, one £80 win, I play scratch cards a fair bit and have won loads of £10's and £20's.

I have a peg board up in our home 'office' and it has loads of scratch cards pegged up with various amounts waiting to be cashed in, must be £60 plus on them.

[Bri w]

Had lots of minimums + a few up to £120. Very first scratchy was a £50. Mrs w get's 3 scratchies a week as part of a family tradition with her mum. They've had plenty of small wins.

If I won the jackpot I'd stop working weekends...

[Littlepeahead]

Our friends won a million on a scratchcard and they spunked the lot! Matching Audis, trips with friends to Vegas, buying a big house that was a money pit. Now they've got nothing left except the house which still needs work doing on it that they can't afford and they are both back working behind the bar in the local pub earning minimum wage. They said they had fun while it lasted, personally I'd have invested it a bit more wisely and made sure there was enough set aside to put my kids through school and uni with a nice holiday every few years.

[Brettus]

Thats an interesting story LPH, I'm wondering how many winners suddenly run out of money because it seems such a large sum that you can't spend it.

I'd like to think I'd be responsible if I won, I wouldn't say "it won't change me" or the usual stuff, I'd just have a few treats and make the rest work for me giving me another income.
With interest rates as they are, I wonder how much you'd need to win to have a decent (say £30K) income from it.

[timwilky]

My brothers father in law Black Jack won £105,800. He takes the cheque into the local Barclays and says

Could I have the 800 as the wife would like to do a bit of shopping.

I am sorry sir, you will have to wait for the cheque to clear.

"GET ME THE F*CKING MANAGER" screams 6ft 6 of angry black man. The manager takes one look at the cheque and says why not take the £5,800 and have a proper shop.

He invested his little win wisely with the local turf accountant. Bought his adapt council house for his son with spina bifida. dumped the wife and sodded off back to the sun. With what the bookie didn't get he built a house and now lives on his UK pension in the caribbean.

His win meant he could go back home happy.

[Sir Trev]

The odd minimum win every six months or so and one £40ish for four numbers a couple of years ago. Had a £50 Premium Bond win when I was about 6 and even though I still have the bonds (christening presents) I've never won anything on them since.

[Tara]

10 quid every couple of years and I play every week